The Backlog:

Tulsa

Tulsa is one of the cities where we are using public records requests to uncover the number of untested rape kits in police storage. Through our efforts, we have learned Tulsa has a backlog of 3,783 untested kits. To learn more about our process, see below.

Right now, there is more we do not know about the backlog than we do know because few state governments and no federal agencies require law enforcement to track rape kit data. For that reason, we have undertakenThe Accountability Projectto bring greater transparency and accountability around rape kit testing practices nationwide.